Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can participate.
If you’re new to Teaser Tuesdays, the details are at MizB’s Should Be Reading or on my Teaser Tuesdays Page.
The hunt is on for scholar Sylvestre Bonnard in this classic French novel from 1881. A member of the Académie Française, France (Jacques Anatole François Thibault) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
by Anatole France
“And why,” I asked myself, “why should I have learned that this precious book exists, if I am never to possess it–never even to see it? I would go to seek it in the burning heart of Africa, or in the icy regions of the Pole if I knew it were there.
I’m reading the English translation from Project Gutenberg (free here), but was fascinated by the Romanian cover shown above.
Also see Sylvestre Bonnard, Bibliophile.
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What are you reading now? Do you have a TT to share with us? Please leave a comment with your link on MizB’s Teaser Tuesday post or below. If you don’t have a blog, you can share your Teaser here in the comment section instead.
Vauquer Boarding House 
Oh, I might have to borrow that quite for a Wordsmitten Wednesday post – it expresses exactly how I feel about out of print and rare books!
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*quote, not quite
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Feel free! I know what you mean, there are some books I really covet. With these days of Internet searching, I find them now and again, but can’t afford them. 😦
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Oh gosh! What a wonderful quote! I’ll definitely be hitting up Project Gutenberg soon! Books about books (at least partially) hit me in almost all of my happy places 😉
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Know the feeling, Karen! It’s an easy and fun read so far too.
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Intriguing excerpt…and great cover! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
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Thanks for coming by and commenting. Your One Plus One sounds like a good read too.
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It’s not something that I would normally pick up, but you make it sound good! Thanks for coming by
My Teaser
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It’s written in journal form which suits me perfectly since I like first person narrative. Best part, it’s free to check out for anyone who might be interested.
Thanks for coming by to comment and leave your link. Yours sounds interesting too.
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That’s a great teaser! I love classics!
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I’m finding this one a much easier read than the other two books I’ve read by France.
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What a brilliant teaser and Project Gutenberg really is a fantastic resource. I do hope you are enjoying this one. Thanks for visiting my TT https://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/teaser-tuesday-february-10/
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Thanks, Cleo. Early in the book, I laughed when his housekeeper remarked that he had thousands and thousands of books and that she had only two and they were enough for her. Guess she didn’t like dusting them, lol.
I agree about Project Gutenberg. Wonderful for fans of older books. Thanks for coming by to comment and for leaving your link for everyone.
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Great teaser!
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Thanks, Yvonne.
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Oooh, sounds good! And it’s free on Project Gutenberg!
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A bibliophile’s dream! Thanks for coming by to comment.
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Not really my style of reading, but that tease really caught my attention.
Here’s mine: http://awrenfro.com/2015/02/10/teaser-tuesday-the-shining-by-stephen-king-part-2/
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Quite different from Stephen King! I still remember when I read The Shining. That topiary maze was the scariest part for me, really horrific.
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Yeah, pretty creepy stuff.
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Now that’s a love of books! Such an amazing quote!And the cover is fascinating.
My TT – http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/02/10/teaser-tuesdays-101-night-carnival/
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Bonnard is indeed a book lover, Laura. I fear his little book-finding expeditions will put mine to shame. I wish I had that cover, sigh.
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After that teaser I am definitely heading straight to Gutenberg to download this book! Wow, way to capture how book-lovers feel about new releases! Thanks for introducing me to this one and that cover is indeed stunning. Thanks for dropping by yesterday 🙂 I hope you have a great week!
Juli @ Universe in Words
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Thanks, Juli, hope your week is going great also. I see you enjoy classics, PG is such a wonderful resource for fans of older books. They’ve saved me a lot of money over the twenty years I’ve been reading their ebooks. I read on my computer for years before I bought my ebook reader.
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Intriguing! And yea, the book cover is really impressive 🙂
I’m re-reading Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles #1) as I really really love it 😀
Hoping to catch-up Mr. Standfast soon!
Have a great week Dagny!
Happy Reading 🙂
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